Improvement in curtain-fixtures



J. S. HENRY. Curtain-Fixture.

. 213,417. Patented Mar. 18,1879.

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ATTORNEYS.

MPEYERS. FHDTWLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. HENRY, OF NORTH BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,417, dated March18, 1879; application filed October 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. HENRY, of

. North Belle Vernon, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Fixture, of whichthe following is a specification:

This invention relates to an improvement in the invention secured. byLetters Patent No. 202,028, granted to me on the 2d day of April, A. D.1878, for curtain-fixture.

The invention consists in the combination, with a curtain-roller havinga ratchet-wheel and cord, of a bracket and a suspended ring, the latterpivoted at its upper end in front of the roller, and extended below theratchet to form an eye or loop for the cord, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a curtain hungin the window with my improved fixture applied. Fig. 2 is a side or edgeview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detailof Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of the window. B isthe curtain, fixed at the upper end by slotted cylinders a to the roller1), and the said roller is supported on pivots c c at each end in thebrackets d d, fixed one on either side at the upper part of the frame A,at the level of the suspension of the curtain. The hooked end of thebrackets is entered into the eyes f. These parts of the invention havebeen fully described heretofore and claimed in the Letters Patent abovereferred to.

To the pivot c is fixed a disk, 9, having ratchet-teeth on itsperiphery. Bracket d has an arm, d, projecting upward above theratchet-disk g, and at the end of it is a hole, from which is suspendeda ring, h, (formed by bending the wire into a circle,) that hangs downover the ratchet-disk, so that the teeth engage it. The wire forming thehook is continued down and provided with a loop, 2'. A

cord, j, is passed through the loop i and fixed at one end to the pivotc, the other end falling down convenient to the hand when the curtain isabout to be raised or lowered.

The curtain has its lower edge weighted, so that when released from thecatch it unwinds itself by the gravitation of the weighted end.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the curtain isproperly hung the weighted end is prevented from gravitating by the hookengaging the ratchet. When it is to be lowered, the cord j is drawn outto the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. This draws thehook from the ratchet, and while holding the hook in this position it isrelaxed sufficiently to allow the roller to turn by the gravitation ofthe weighted end, and as the roller turns the cord is wound on thepivot, as clearly shown in the drawings. When the curtain has reachedthe proper point, the cord is held tautand the hook allowed to drop onthe ratchet and hold the roller. When the curtain is to be raised, thecord is drawn down, thus unwinding itself from the pivot, revolving theroller in the opposite direction, and winding up the curtain.

The device is cheap and simple in its construction and operateswithperfect certainty at all times.

I am aware that the ratchet, spool, and means for raising and loweringthe curtain are old; but

What I claim as new and of my invention 1s The combination, with thecurtain-roller having ratchet-wheel g and the cord j, of the bracket d dand the suspended hook or ring h, pivoted at its upper end in front ofthe roller, and extended below the ratchet to form an eye or loop forthe cord, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN SMART HENRY.

Witnesses:

C. M. GoLL, JOHN B. OoLL.

